Hardware Systems Engineer, Mid

Hardware Systems Engineer, Mid Opportunity Combine your technical skills with big‑picture thinking to make an impact on national security space missions. You understand the customer’s environment and can translate real‑world needs into technical specifications to deliver a customer‑focused engineering solution. Responsibilities You will work with Booz Allen colleagues, other support contractors and U.S. Space Force and Air Force personnel to develop and deploy the next generation of strategic military satellite communications capabilities. As an Avionics Hardware Engineer you will ensure the ASIC and receiver card are integrated successfully to meet users’ needs, provide independent technical assessment of contractor hardware designs across the program life cycle, develop, review and refine government hardware requirements and verification approaches, represent the government as a technical lead in vendor and IPT working groups, capture risks and surface them through the program’s risk management process, brief findings and recommendations to senior government leadership, and provide direct support to the Lead Systems Engineer while managing the integration of requirements into the program baseline. Your expertise and innovative thinking will be critical to ensuring capabilities are delivered to meet the threat. This position is located in El Segundo, CA. Qualifications 5+ years of experience with hardware engineering Experience reviewing avionics hardware designs at PDR, CDR, and TRR milestones, including schematics, PCB layouts, and parts selection rationale Experience authoring or evaluating hardware requirements specifications, ICDs, and verification matrices traceable to system‑level requirements Experience in requirements document development such as TRD Experience with risk processes and Risk Management Ability to coordinate across IPTs and component vendors to resolve technical issues without direct authority, interact well in cross‑functional team meetings, and work collaboratively and independently demonstrating initiative to complete complex tasks Ability to travel up to 10% of the time Secret clearance Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering Nice to Have 10+ years of experience with avionics hardware engineering supporting DoD programs Experience supporting Air Force, Space Force, or other DoD programs Experience with VHDL/Verilog, embedded C, or board bring‑up and debug Experience with Aviation GPS Receiver Cards Experience with ASICs, FPGAs Experience working with new technology programs for embedded systems Experience in obsolescence management, supply chain risk, or trusted microelectronics Knowledge of DO‑254 design assurance or equivalent airworthiness and safety‑of‑flight processes Knowledge of a variety of electronics environments, such as salt fog, EMI/EMC, and shock and vibration qualification Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline Clearance Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required. Compensation and Benefits Salary range: $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). Booz Allen offers health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in the benefit programs. The posting will close within 90 days from the posting date. Commitment to Non‑Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Phase2 Technology